Oliver turned 3 last week! I’m still wrapping my head around the fact that he’s been in my life for 3 whole years now, because it feels just like yesterday that he was this little baby coming home from the hospital and I had no clue what the heck I was doing! I’m still learning as I go, but this little man has made my life so full and so happy!
Oliver is such a happy, sweet little man. He is very loving, and loves to give kisses, hugs, and what we call “nuddles”. If he doesn’t want to go to sleep he’ll tearfully say “Mama, I want nuddles” and it works EVERY time! His Spanish vocabulary improves every day, but we do really need to step it up with him. He can count to 3…sometimes. He loves to watch Dora the Explorer, Little Einsteins, Super Why, and of course Cars! The things he comes up and tells me sometimes just amaze me, he is so smart and loves to learn things. He is super opinionated, and extremely independent, but still is willing to ask for and accept help, which has to be the best combination ever! He hit 40 inches the first part of February and is just shy of 40 pounds. We are so lucky to have him in our lives, and love him to pieces!!
We decided to do his birthday at John’s Incredible Pizza – it’s kind of like Chuck E. Cheese, but we got a better deal overall so we went with John’s. We are so happy that we did, we had so much fun, and it was so nice to be able to totally trash a room, then walk away from it!
We kept it small, just inviting family and our closest friends, which was so much fun. The guy in the lower right in yellow is Oliver’s “Vuncle”John, as in his Vietnamese Uncle. Uly coined that term and has termed himself as the future “Muncle”(Mexican Uncle) of John’s kids.
Oliver was so in love with all the balloons that he did not even want to eat!
We had the cutest little party hostess who made balloon animal after balloon animal, Oliver just loved it.
The cutest birthday boy ever!!
The big cake reveal!
This look makes all the time put into the cake worth it!!
It was super yum, too!
We got a visit from the John’s Pizza Bear, too!
This boy got so spoiled with presents, he has lots of people who love him!
I think this present from Uly’s sister Ali just took the cake. It’s a Cars chair that folds out into a bed and Oliver just loves it. He’s slept in it pretty much every night since his birthday, which I have no complaints about! I’m just sad he’ll be too tall to sleep in it in a few months, haha!
Oliver, we love you so much and are so happy you are our little man! We are so excited to see you grow up!
